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Amend HB 2983 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1)  On page 1, strike lines 6-8 and substitute the following:
SECTION 1.  Section 264.1076, Family Code, is amended by amending Subsections (b) and (i) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(2)  On page 1, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:
(b)  The department shall ensure that each child described by Subsection (a) receives an initial medical examination from a physician or other health care provider authorized under state law to conduct medical examinations not later than the end of the third business day after the date the child is removed from the child's home, if the child:
(1)  is removed as the result of sexual abuse, physical abuse, or an obvious physical injury to the child; or
(2)  has a known or suspected chronic medical condition, [a] medically complex condition, or [a] diagnosed mental illness.